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This area tends to be geared towards girls, with shops showcasing their favourite boy anime stars and idols. But is also good for anyone who love anime. It's so fun to explore this area with lots of shops downstairs and upstairs.

Guess more than 80% of visitors in this area are females from teens to adults. If you are Fujoshi or you like Otome games and Handsome boy anime/manga characters, better to visit this area more than Akihabara or Nakano

We had heard of Otome Road and made a side note to visit it while renting an apartment in Ikebukuro, but we ended up stumbling upon in unawares one day because it is so centrally located, right behind Sunshine City. It is a strip of...More

Just about a few minutes walk from Sunshine City, Otome Road is a street filled with handsome anime characters on store fronts luring you to come in. Many otaku girls can be seen buying manga and figurines left and right. Many stores selling unique cosplay...More

This Ikebukuro area is like a small bite of Akihabara, except for female geeks. I come here to buy certain kinds of manga, but there are cosplay costume stores and butler cafes in the area as well. There are a couple of rough online maps...More

If you want to search for things related to cosplay costumes and merchandises from all Japanese animes, just go to Otome Road in Ikebukuro near Sunshine City. Various costumes for cosplay were available at several stores. I bought a cosplay costume at Acos.

Date of experience: February 2016

Thank Paulus S

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this area is "Otome Road" (Maiden Road) and there aremany shops selling products related to anime with afemale theme. It has rapidly become the worldwideheadquarters for ‘otaku’ or geek culture.